LAND8000 Negotiated Study
tamatoa taruia id:1312181
Interests in Landscape Architecture what I can do for my home
The word Eco Sustainable Processes Tourism Culture and Natural History
Site Context
Site info
Sheraton Hotel
Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands Status: Abandoned over 20 years Year Started: 1987 Year Completed: Unfinished Size of Lot: over 30 acres
figures 1-7: show the existing state of the Sheraton building in Rarotonga.
Sheraton Hotel 1987
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money involved with mafia
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$52 m for initial construction
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90% complete
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Late Sir Geoffrey Henry (KBE) -1987-1999 Dr Joe Williams -1999 Sir Terepai Maoate (KBE) -1999-2002 Dr Robert Woonton - 2002-2004 Jim Marurai - 2004-2010 Henry Puna - 2010-Current
9 failed developments
• each venture estimated
costs for development over $40 m
• has had its fair share of crook investment •
land is said to be cursed
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landlord still the same for all business ventures
• was at one point going to be a • was also supposed to be a • has been
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casino
Hilton Hotel
abandoned for over 20 years
over 5 Prime Ministers involved
• at one point construction cost was estimated over
2012
Prime Minister during the time:
$48 m
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landvalue is over $10m
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ghost structure is still standing today
Developers: 1987: Italian Company #1 - Unknown 1993: Italian Company #2 - Unknown 1998: Japanese/Hawaiian Group 2002: Outrigger Hotels & Resort - Hawaii 2003: Mark Lyon 2004: Korean Developer - Unknown 2004-2010: Tim Tepaki and Te Paki Group with Dan McEwan and Investors Forumn 2010: Mirage Group Ltd - NZ 2012: Currently no development
Sheraton Hotel
Right: Shows a building plan / Construction plan of Sheraton Hotel.
Left: Shows Construction plan of Sheraton Hotel with highlights showing pavement, roads, buildings and water sites.
Right: Artist impression of Rarotonga Hilton Resort. Features road that extends to the back of the site and shows areas of interest.
Top: Artist impression of Rarotonga Hilton Resort. Below: Artist impression of Sheraton Hotel
Sheraton / Hilton Hotel
Case Study#1 - The Brando - French Polynesia Marlon Brando vowed to keep beauty for the future. Surviving children decide to honour fathers wishes to construct worlds first:
The hotel will feature • • • •
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self sustainable-eco resort
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using sustainable
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sustainable energy,
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water management,
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use of
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new swac airconditioning technology
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zero carbon footprint impact
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low impact design
fuel,
35 private villas, 30 single-room villas, 4 two-room villas, one 3-room villa.
The resort will feature six-star facilities, • 2 restaurants, • 2 bars, • a spa built over a freshwater lagoon, • staff housing, • maintenance area.
local materials,
figures 1-2: show artist impression of two of the types of villas that will be available from the new resort that is yet to be completed in French Polynesia.
Case Study#2 - Bali Eco Resort - Bali The Bali Eco Stay is a one of a kind resort which is serious about eco-tourism and being green as a whole. It environmentally manages everything that they do at the resort. •
natural cleaning product
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local craftsman used traditional building methods
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construction locally
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food is grown on-site
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mountain spring water
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free range produce
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sourced materials
hydro-electricity
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building sited in harmony with the natural contours
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no heavy machinery = low
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solar heating
impact on landscape
figure 1 - 3: Existing views of one of the Bali Eco-Resorts bungalows called the Rice Water.
Case Study#3 - Jean Michael Cousteau - Fiji
figures 1-6: Photos showing on-site vege garden area, diving, kayak hire hut, bungalow (bure), relaxing tourist, yoga hut, resident marine biologist, and local tour guide.
Fiji’s Jean Michael Cousteaus’ Fiji Island Resort is world renown and is an award winning 5-star resort.
a leader in eco-tourism is full
gist
time resident marine biolo-
local Fijian cultural host who tells amazing stories of the island and takes the tourists on an eco-friendly medicinal Like the other two case study resorts it boasts of being a sustain- and edible plant walk. It has won the Best Luxury Eco-Tourism property for 2012 as well as many other various awards. able and leader eco-tourism.
figures 9-14: Photos showing interior lounge area, outdoor views to the bure (hut), from the jetty, the local people, the bar and one of the bure’s in the evening.
Potentials • increase financial state of local economy • help the people of the Cook Islands get out of debt • accomodate tourism economy • provide jobs for local people • sustainable luxury hotel • eco-resort • first 5 star hotel in Cook Islands
Issues •
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no development in 20 years land is apparently cursed landscape is sinking money$ site is reverting back to nature
Possible Questions • How can localised culture revive abandoned resorts in an eco-friendly way and is it possible to promote eco-tourism with sustainable practices in mind? • Is it possible to incorporate local culture and natural history to create an authentic eco-resort and eco tourism in the Cook Islands? • Is it possible to incorporate sustainability practices and processes with culture and awareness for a successfully viable eco-tourism destination to an eco-resort in the Cook Islands? • Can cultural localised traditional building and landscaping techniques be used in building an abandoned resort and how can it be brought to life as an eco-resort with a low impact development design on the environment in mind? • How can sustainability in terms of alternate fuel and necessity consumption be used and brought in together to help revive an abandoned hotel in the Cook Islands?
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